Center for Health and Learning Inc

“Family or business relationships charlie hall is the chief executive officer of piedmont heatlhcare. Any piedmont board members that were employees of piedmont reported directly or indirectly to charlie hall. Piedmont board members that are employees: kevin brown patrick battey les donahue charlie hall gregory hurst michele molden lisa hedenstrom william blincoe lila hertz is not an employee; however she serves on the piedmont healthcare board of directors. Mercer university members of the board that are employees of mercer university report directly or indirectly to william underwood. William underwood reports to the mercer university board of trustees. Mercer university board members that are employees: william underwood james netherton scott davis wayne glasgow richard swindle paul gianneschi and j. Thomas mcaffee iii are not employees of mercer university. However, j. Thomas mcafee iii serves on the mercer university board of trustees.”

“FORM 990 REVIEW PROCESS THE FORM 990 IS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT. CENTER FOR HEALTH AND LEARNING MANAGEMENT PERFORMS A DETAILED REVIEW OF THE FORM 990, THEN THE FORM 990 IS PROVIDED TO MERCER UNIVERSITY'S CFO, PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE'S CFO, AND THE BOARD TREASURER FOR REVIEW. A COPY OF THE 2013 990 WILL BE BROUGHT TO CHL's MAY BOARD MEETING AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. A COPY OF FORM 990 WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT ANY TIME BY CONTACTING THE CENTER FOR HEALTH AND LEARNING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.”

“Compensation review and approval during the 6/30/2014 fiscal year, the board appointed a personnel committee which reviewed the performance of the executive director and established compensation that follows mercer university and piedmont healthcare policies.”

“Availability of governing documents the center for health and learning, inc. Does not currently make its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, or financial statements available to the public. In the future, its governing documents and conflict of interest policy will be posted on a newly developed website.”

“Organization members the members of the center for health and learning, inc. Are the corporation of mercer university and piedmont hospital. These two members shall each appoint 8 board members. Any changes in bylaws or articles of incorporation must be approved by the two members' boards.”

“Additional program accomplishments the center for health and learning (chl) does not directly administer programs. The center serves as the conduit through which discussions take place between administrators, faculty and clinicians affiliated with piedmont facilities and mercer university programs. Based on these discussions, the center for health and learning staff works directly with mercer university faculty, piedmont staff and clinicians to initiate joint programs. These programs are supported financially directly by piedmont or mercer. Below are listed additional programs that have been developed as a result of this partnership: clinical rotations mercer university currently has over 200 students rotating through the piedmont system. The rotations consist of physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapy and medical students. Physicians assistant program in 2007, the center for health and learning determined that due to growing shortage of physicians in georgia, mercer university would develop a physician's assistant program, and piedmont healthcare would provide clinical rotation supervision for a significant number of students. The mercer university physician assistant (pa) program began in 2008, and graduated its fifth class in may of 2014. Number of graduates increased from 41 in 2013 to 48 in 2014. The class of 2015 will complete their didactic phase in february and begin clinical rotations. The class of 2015 numbers <48> students, necessitating 528 rotation sites. Piedmont hospital has agreed to supervise a number of students and is currently responsible for approximately 25% of the clinical rotations for this program. Additionally, the center for health and learning provided a sponsorship for mercer's pa preceptor recognition dinner, which recognizes the many preceptors that volunteer their time to supervise pa students. The program is dependent upon obtaining high quality preceptors in many different specialties that supervise student clinical practice and contribute to their development. Master of family therapy program the master of family therapy program has 70 current students at the piedmont campus. Students in the mft program at piedmont attend all classes at piedmont hospital and do a yearlong clinical internship in the mercer family therapy center at piedmont. Mft graduate students are supervised by mft faculty, providing out-patient family, couple, and individual counseling services on a sliding fee scale. The mercer family therapy center provides a valuable community service to those with limited financial resources, consistent with the mercer university mission of service. The mft program has five full time mercer faculty members at the piedmont location. The mft faculty has worked collaboratively with piedmont staff in providing service to various piedmont programs this past year. Piedmont healthcare endowed chair in nursing. The piedmont healthcare chair in nursing/nursing ph.d. Program - dr. Laura p. Kimble, the piedmont healthcare endowed chair in nursing has now completed 4 years in the role. The major focus of the endowed chair is to facilititate the georgia baptist college of nursing in providing highly trained faculty for nursing programs. Graduates of the program are currently serving as faculty in nursing programs in georgia and louisiana. Dr. Kimble also supports the scholarship of phd and dnp students and serves as a mentor collaborator with mercer's health sciences center. She also continues to collaborate with the college of pharmacy around adherence to anti-platlet drug therapy and the role of nuisance bleeding in patients' adherence decisions. Health coach certificate program piedmont heart institute, piedmont medical care corporation and mercer university's college of continuing and professional studies implemented a "health coach" certificate program to 28 nurses and medical assistants. Physicians play a critical and primary role in providing information to patients, but c”

“Other program services various other program services funded by piedmont healthcare and mercer university, including the piedmont nursing scholars program and mercer physician assistant program.”

“Conflict of interest policy this is completed on a yearly basis prior to our 990 filing. The board receives a form prior to the 990 filing, asking them specific questions that are specifically tailored to the questions and concerns addressed in the 990 filing. Board members are asked to answer the questions and sign the form. So far, we have had 100% compliance with current board members. We have sent the form to all of the former board members.”